Burial container

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Item X 101393 Burial container, dupun or lorrkon or larrakitj, Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Summary

This small container is most likely a model of a hollow log made for the internment of bones. They were variously known as a lorrkon, dupun or larrakitj in different parts of eastern Arnhem Land.

Physical Description

A hollow cylindrical log (Stringybark, Eucalytpus tetrodonta) painted with natural pigments. It has no contents.

Local Name

dupun or lorrkon or larrakitj

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Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Object/Medium

Burial container
Category

Indigenous Collections
Discipline

Anthropology
Type of item

Object
Fully Extended

600 mm (Length), 125 mm (Outside Diameter)
Keywords

Art, Mortuary

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Item X 101393 Burial container, dupun or lorrkon or larrakitj, Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Summary

Physical Description

Local Name

More Information

Collecting Areas

Maker

Locality

Object/Medium

Category

Discipline

Type of item

Fully Extended

Keywords